View report page

26
"Parish, in the suburban as well as in the more popu"lated
portions, but they require another work to be
"executed to make the Footway traffic complete, viz.,
"to lay down Stone-pitched Crossings at the junctions
''of the collateral Roads.
"The absence of these crossings destroys very
"largely the good effect and comfort already produced
"by the recent reparation of the Public Footways,
"because the Public (in wet weather especially) have
"to step from off a clean path on to a dirty Mac"adamised
surface. I am aware it will not be advis"able
to anticipate this work in its entirety, but, in
"order to guide the Committee, I may report that, in
"the principal thoroughfares there are required about
"200 of these pitched crossings, which I estimate at a
"cost of about £4,000. These can be executed pro"gressively,
as the funds of the Vestry will admit,
"and in such order as may be deemed advisable as
"to urgency.
"There can be no question that whenever this
"work is done it will be found to economise the con"stantly
recurring costs of repairs to these unpaved
"crossings, and will, at the same time, give much
"satisfaction to the Ratepayers, as well as the Public
"at large."